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Petrogenesis, Petra Genetrix

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Ayoung Kim’s enchanting film Petrogenesis, Petra Genetrix (2019) takes the viewer on a journey through hyperbolic mythology based on a fictional genderless mineral Petra Genetrix. Through this character, Kim explores the Mongolian animist belief that positions land, mother rock, stones, and sacred caves at the center of their universe. By likening rocks and stones as the Earth’s memory storage vessel, the work illuminates the futurist potential of animism: “Quartz can be considered to be a type of natural computer since it absorbs and stores a large amount of energy“. The traditional spirituality oriented towards land or ancient animism reveals the potential equivalence between primeval objects and the futuristic memory sphere.

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Status
Released
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Language
Mongolian

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Director

Kim Ayoung

Produced in

South Korea

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Digital / OTT Frequencies of Tradition, KADIST Online Video Exhibition15 Dec 2020
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereKorea Artist Prize, MMCA Seoul, Korea12 Oct 2019
    • PhysicalMigration: Speaking Nearby, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea23 Nov 2019

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Petrogenesis, Petra Genetrix was released on 12 October 2019.

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